ArticleMolecular human reproduction2020
Unscrambling the oocyte and the egg: clarifying terminology of the female gamete in mammals.
Article in Molecular human reproduction, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- An oocyte meiotic midbody cap is required for developmental competence in mice.Nature communications · 2023Article
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- The effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on ovarian- and ovulation-related fertility outcomes.Molecular reproduction and development · 2022Review
- Same gene, opposite sexes: Sex-specific divergent expression of a gene required for vertebrate fertilization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
Most reproductive biologists who study female gametes will agree with the 16th century anatomist William Harvey's doctrine: 'Ex Ovo Omnia'. This phrase, which literally translates to 'everything from the egg', recognizes the centrality of the egg in animal development. Eggs are most impressive cells, capable of supporting development of an entirely new organism following fertilization or parthenogenetic activation. Not so uniformly embraced in the field of reproductive biology is the nomenclature used to refer to the female germ cell. What is an oocyte? What is an egg? Are these terms the same, different, interchangeable? Here we provide functional definitions of the oocyte and egg, and how they can be used in the context of mammalian gamete biology and beyond.
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